Rupert Murdoch

Almost all the economic gains are still going to the top, leaving America's vast middle class with stagnant wages and little or no job security. Two-thirds of Americans are working paycheck to paycheck. Meanwhile, big money is taking over our democracy. If there were ever a time for a bold Democratic voice on behalf of hardworking Americans, it is now. Yet I don't recall a time when theDemocratic Party's most prominent officeholders sounded as meek. With the exception of Elizabeth Warren, they're pussycats. If Paul Wellstone, Teddy Kennedy, Robert Kennedy or Ann Richards were still with us, they'd be hollering. The fire now is on the right, stoked by the Koch...

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